Luiz
I plan to get the plans out using http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat3d/ which allows you to render, slice, measure, dimension any part of the boat in 3D as well as print it all. While Adobe say its a secure document, its anything but secure, but it should greatly assist people in visualising the bits and pieces as they build the boat. As for price, it will be free (plus the $50 for the class association). Serial production royalties will likely be on a similar basis to other boats out there, so it will be very low, but I need to check on a few things before I commit to a number. Most royalties are on a sliding scale relative to volume, volume goes up, per unit royalty comes down slightly, my intent is to have a fixed lower one based on the optimistic assumption that we will inundate the planet with this class <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> LOL

For the hard chine boat I'd guess 8-9 weeks would be a reasonable time and the round bilge one because its a strip planked foam build, probably another 2-3 weeks on top of that. This assumes that your just doing it in the evenings and on the weekends. If I can get someone to scarf the sheets and precut the panels like Scarecrow is proposing, then you might be able to cut the build time down by a few weeks.

The round bilge boat is only just over 1 knot faster at the top end, so I doubt that will scare anyone. As for handling, I hope it turns out like some of my other recent designs which were all pretty benign. This version btw will be more pitch resistant that the hardchine version.

As for your last question, hands down I'd do the round bilge boat because I like it more, but in trying to sell a few of these, most of the kids tend to like the hardchine one....go figure? Think the choice is up to those who like one or the other design better.

Cheers
RG